1、ROCKETSRead the passage quickly and find the answers to the questions.1.How were rockets invented?By accident when people threw bamboo tubes with gunpowder into fires to make explosions,they saw some of them jumped out of the fire and flew into the air.The idea was born.2.What are they used for toda
2、y?They are used to send astronauts into space and in firework displaysto ccelebrate events.Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.gas escaping were at war withEuropeexperiments were attached tohuge explosion astronauts great events1.The rockets that the Mongols made could travel over the sur
3、face of water.2.Wan Hu invented a flying chair by using two big kites and 47 rockets.FTTrue(T)or False(F).Give a description of Wan Hus flying chair according to the picture.Using the words below.attached to two kites chair rockets1.今天，火箭是我们用来将宇航员送入太空的先进机器。Today rockets are very advanced machines wh
4、ich we can use to send astronauts into space.2.中国人发现从竹管漏出的气体可以使其飞向空中。The Chinese discovered that the gas escaping from the tube could lift it into the air.注意escape的意思及用法。1)The boy managed to escape from the burning car.escape from 从逃脱，从逃走。2)Tears escaped(from)his eyes and rolled down his cheeks.溢出，流
5、出。3)Im sorry but your name escapesme for the moment.被忘掉。4)He escaped being punished because he was absent that day.escape译为避免，后跟动词的-ing形式。5)As for me,watching television is an escape.escape用作名词，意为“消遣”。6)More than once he had a narrowescape from being eaten by sharks.a narrow escape 意为“死里逃生”。【拓展】esca
6、ped adj.逃跑了的 escapee n.逃亡者1.他免于受罚。He escaped _.2.我是死里逃生。I _.3.我记不起他的名字了。His name _.from being punishedhad a narrow escapeescaped me3.竹管被绑在一根帮助火箭直线运动的长棍上。The tubes were attached to a long stickwhich helped keep the rocket moving in a straight direction.4.他是被载入太空，而成为了世界上第一个宇航员了吗？Was he carried miles into space,becoming the worlds first astronaut?Finish the exercises in the workbooks.
